Subj : File support for binkd?

From : Oli
Date : Thu Feb 03 2022 09:26 am

Conny wrote (2022-02-02):

CE> How do I know what kind of files in Outbound are supported and recognised
CE> by binkd?


CE> The files was created by my tosser (TrapToss for Amiga) when it scanned
CE> the messages I just wrote from inside my BBS) i have ASO activated in
CE> binkd.cfg

CE> My Outbound directory have these files.

CE> 2.203.0.0 (a folder containing a file named 61f9cd2c.PKT )
CE> 2.203.0.0.WE0 ( a compressed file called 61f9cd2c.PKT when I uncompress
CE> it)

CE> But when i connect with binkd to the node 2:203/0 it says:
CE> the queue is empty, quitting...
CE> So it seems like binkd does not find anything in the Outbound folder.

CE> Nothing is sent or recived.

As Wilfred already said, there should be a *.FLO (or HLO, DLO, CLO) in the outbound. My guess is (I might be wrong) that TrapToss created that .FLO file with an Amiga filepath inside, that binkd could not understand. Then binkd deleted the .FLO file. Do you find anything in the binkd logs that says something like

start_file_transfer: 2.203.0.0.WE0: No such file or directory

Or make sure binkd is not running in the background, create a new message and run TrapToss and look if there is a .FLO file in the outbound.

If that is the case, open the .FLO file with an editor and check the filename inside. Maybe you can make use of ftrans in binkd.cfg.

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